Re: The shell is already running a command

[Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov gmx net>]

On Wed, 8 Mar 2006, wwp wrote:

> the shell is already running a command.. No, it's not!
>
> I have to say that mc is one of the tools I'm using all day long for years,
> and that it's very convenient to my use. But, will we finally get rid of that
> irritating bug or maybe I'm alone in the dark :-) ? I constantly have to return to
> switch panels off, type CTRL+C (command-line was empty, not even a
> white-space), then switch panels on.

This has been discussed to dead already  and there is no easy solution. It
usually happens when one types TAB and bash expects a second TAB to
perform autocompletion. I.e. the cause is user input that doesn't trigger
output from the shell.